Sir John Pettus, 3rd Baronet

cup-bearer to King Charles II, King James II and King William

Biographical Summary

Sir John Pettus, Bart. [1641], of Rackheath aforesaid, br. of the whole blood, and h. male, b. about 1640 ; suc. to the Baronetcy in 1671. He was Cup bearer to Charles II, James II, and William III; and one of the Commissioners of Appeal. F.R.S. He m. (Lic. Vic. Gen., 27 May 1670, he about 30 and she about 20), Mary, da. and coheir of Nicholas Burwell, of Gray's Inn, Midx., brother of Sir Geoffrey Burwell, of Rougham, Suffolk. He d. 29 Oct. 1698, aged 58.

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1902; Vol. II; page 145